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Entered according to Act of Coiigrei^s, in tlio year 18i;ri, l)y 

ED WAED H. WEED, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Unitetl Slates for tlic Soutlirrn 
District of New York. 



Julius Bien, 

I.ithon'ranlii'r. \. Y. 



Wii. 31. Franklin. 

Printer, N. Y. 



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NCE in Persia roigned a King, 
V/ho upon his signet-ring 
Graved a maxim true and wise, 
vs^^-,^ m'y Which, if held before his eyes, 
G-avG him counsel, at a glance. 
Fit for every change or chance: 
Solemn words, and these are they; 
" Svon this shall pass away ! " 




' RAINS of Camels through the sand 
Brought him gems from Samarcand : 
\ J Fleets of galleys through the seas 

Brought him pearls to match with these. 
But he counted not as gain 
Treasures of the mine or main. 
"What is wealth?" the King would say, 
'"Even this shall pass away.'" 







ADY fairest ever seen 



^' ,C |fe> ^''"'^^fPr "^^ °^°^® ^^ '^°^ ^^s bride and qnsen. 

^#l!r j«ir ^.#i* '^ i^ Couched upon the marriage-bed. 

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"'^^ ^^*^^^^^W Whispering to his soul, he said, 

S%y*M^ 'Jf 1Li|^ *' ^^°^^^ ^ bridegroom never pressed 

I nw%f I "^Si.^ ^ Mortal flesh must come to clay : 

' / iA4 Even this shall pass away.' " 

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of his court, 
^.•^^ Ai ine zeniin of the sport, 
^ VThsn the pahiis of all his guests 
Jj^ ,, Burned vrlth clapping at. his jests, 
He, amid his figs and wine, 



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Cried, " loving friends of mine ! 
Pleasure comes, but not to stay: 
' Even this shall pass away.' " 








THUCK with palsy, sere and old, 
|v^^^, Waiting at the Gates of Gold, 
pifi (')\ Spal'.J he with his dying breath, 
j' mIImJI "Life is done, but what is Death?" 
Then, in answer to the king, 
\ Fell a sunbeam on his ring, 
I \\ ' Showing by a heavenly ray— 
" Even this shall pass away." 



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